Thursday, 22 December 2011

Reading Poetry

It's a forgotten pleasure in our rushed days, to leaf through a slim volume of verse, perhaps while sitting in a train or when resting by a tree in the city park.

Everyone should keep a book of poetry about their person.

Even to read four lines of Keats while waiting for a friend will enrich your day.

Here is Keats, for example, on the pleasures of red wine:

O for a draught of vintage! that hath beenCool'd a long ago in the deep-delved earth,Tasting of Flora and the country-green,Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!

What a phrasemaker he was!

Words well chosen can fill your heart with joy.

So reject the empty clatter of the penny dreadfuls and keep a book of poetry on your person at all times.

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."~~ Robert Frost

I was out bushwalking in Cromer, Sydney in April 2010 and came across this heart carved out in a stone.....it made me smile.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my very special blogging buddies a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hol­i­days, and Happy Hanukkah! May all of your aspirations be realized. And please take care and stay safe.

11 comments:

Happy, happy holidays to you too dear! And yes, I am a poetry reader. I grew up with it, since my mom is a poet - and I do love to curl on the couch with one of the poem-books (I have two shelfs filled!) It enriched my life...

I appreciate the talents of poets too Roban. This quote sums up how I feel about poetry."Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls".My three favourite subjects..poetry, music and quotes!